On the evening of January 19, Hart Research Associates conducted a telephone

survey among 810 voters in the special election for U.S. Senate in

Massachusetts. The survey, conducted on behalf of the AFL-CIO, has a margin

of error of ±3.8 percentage points. Note that the survey data were weighted to

be consistent with the actual election results, yielding a five-point margin for

Brown (50% Brown, 45% Coakley, 1% other candidates, 4% refused). This

memo reviews the survey’s main findings.